Hame-fastener



(Roz Model.) T- I G M P I Hame Fastener- No. 240,666. Patentd April 26,1681.

' V 'IN EMTURI ATTORNEY ",PEI'ERS. PHOTO LITHOGRAFHERl WASHINGTON-D. G.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. ORUMP, OF BUENA VISTA, TEXAS.

HAME-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,666, dated April 26, 1881.

Application filed October 9, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, THos. J. URUMP, a citizen of the United States, resident at Buena Vista, in the county of Shelby and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hame-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains-to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a front view of this invention. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Figs. 3 and 4 are details.

This invention relates to devices for fastening the ends of hames and it consists in the construction herein specified.

In thedrawings hereto annexed,Aisacurved rack-bar, having a loop, a, at one end. Sliding upon this bar is a clasp, 0, having a loop, B, corresponding to loop a, and upon the same side of rack-bar A. Upon the rack side of bar A clasp G is provided with a pinion, E, engaging said rack.

To one side of clasp 0 there is affixed a slotted cylinder, 0. Projecting through this cylinder is the operating-post F of pinion E. i This post F is slotted, and at the end of this slot there is a pin, 9, which enters a slot, g, in a locking-plate, G, which said plate, by its slotconnection with post F, can be thrown into and out of the slot in said post, being held therein by pin g.

The loop or book a is attached to one hameloop and B to that of another hame.

The plate G is slid out of the slot in cylinder 0, and by using plate G as a handle the clasp O is moved along rack-bar A, pinion E traveling over the rack until the hames are brought in the desired position, when plate G is thrown into the slot again and the device is held fast.

To loosen the hames it is only necessary to reverse the operation.

Having described my invention, what is claimed, and for which Letters Patent are sought, is-

In a hamefastener, the combination of rackbar A, having hook at, with the clasp O, having hook B and slotted cylinder O, and pinion E,, having post F and slotted lockingplate G.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOS. JEFFERSON OEUMP.

Witnesses:

W. L. BALLARD, J. A. J OLLEY. 

